There are three distinguished in fierceness: Israel among the nations, the dog among animals, and the cock among birds. —Rabbi Simeon, Tractate Bezah 25b, Babylonian Talmud (Quincentenary ed.), Soncino Pr.

Where is it possible to find a group of Jews who are committed to Israel, and whose children are likely to honor that commitment? The answer is, in a synagogue on the Sabbath. —Elliott Abrams, "Can Jews Survive?"

It is a fact that the Jewish religion is above all Jewish nationalism ... One must be a Jew first and a human being second. —Moses Hess, Rome and Jerusalem, as quoted in The Decadence of Judaism in Our Time by Moshe Menuhin.

Why, then, does truth generate hatred ... unless it be that truth is loved in such a way that those who love something else besides her wish that to be the truth which they do love. ... Therefore, they hate the truth for the sake of whatever it is that they love in place of the truth. —Augustine of Hippo, Confessions (Bk. X, Ch. XXIII, 34)

The group has also put out five promotional posters in Arabic and English with great anti-Zionist quotes from the Rev. Canon Naim Ateek, an Anglican Palestinian; Mahatma Mohandas K. Gandhi; former South African President Nelson Mandela; theRight Rev. Desmond Tutu, former Anglican Archbishop of South Africa; and Malcolm X/Al-Hajj Malik al-Shabazz. Although there's nothing on the Next Year in al-Quds blog about it yet, the Palestine Chronicle also published a revealing expose of the sweetheart deal the Jewish Federation got from the State of Michigan to hold their Fair of Shame. The article is called "Celebrating the Nakba and Making Money At It." Check it out and see you on August 21st.

Thursday, July 17, 2008

No good can come of the conference described below except, perhaps, one or two good cops might learn what murderous, racist hypocritical thugs Israelis are and they might learn the truth of "Meen erhabe?" Not likely.

A conference in Livonia this week highlights growing ties between Michigan law enforcement and Israeli counterterrorism officials.

Several law enforcement officials from Israel are to speak today and Friday about their experiences at a homeland security meeting sponsored by Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox and the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs.

The meeting comes after a visit to Israel earlier this year by Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard and Tom Cameron, chief of the justice bureau in the state Attorney General's Office, sponsored by the institute, Cox spokesman Matt Frendewey said.

In previous years, other law enforcement officials, such as Ann Arbor Police Chief Barnett Jones, who led Sterling Heights Police at the time of his Israel visit, and Wayne County Sheriff Warren Evans, have made similar trips.

"One of the keys to effective law enforcement is a sharing of knowledge," Frendewey said. "It's about law enforcement coming together."

The speakers will include a terrorist profiler and bomb squad commander from the Israel National Police, a retired officer of Israel's intelligence agency, the Mossad, and Steven Pomerantz, a retired veteran of the FBI who was chief of its counterterrorism section. Pomerantz, now the institute's associate executive director, said the program of sponsoring trips to Israel -- known as the Law Enforcement Exchange Program -- came about because of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

David Tsur, a conference speaker who is a retired police commander for Tel Aviv, Israel, said the experiences of Israeli officials can help police in the United States since both countries are open democracies.

"It's not easy to fight against terrorism and crime in an open society and democracy because the terrorists and criminals take advantage of the freedom," Tsur said.